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They really exposed the Koreans in serve and receive. Congrats to Japan.

Japan made a robot that could hit half court basketball shots. This idea might not be as crazy as it seems - but let's try conventional methods first and boost up Hayata and Pravade.

At least they didn't lose to Germany this time - silver linings... At least Hong Kong made the tournament exciting for me - I am always happy to see Han Ying with all her soul-stealing screaming and glaring lose to a non-CNT and non-JNT player. Happy that there are still non-CNT and...

If you combined Hirano's game with Ito's relentlessness, you would have a pretty strong player.

At least we know pips is not the answer. Let's see if it begins with two letter H's or two letter P's.

It is what we call a "gentleman's sweep" in basketball. China doesn't want Ito to become suicidal and they keep the sport popular and interesting.

Now she knows what it feels like to be Miu Hirano - she is going to have to deal with this from China for the rest of her career.

Yeah. Reminded me in some ways of her win over Ding Ning. Now the challenge for Hong Kong is that to win, Minnie Soo needs to beat Xiona Shah and before that Hoo Doi Kem needs to beat Petrissa (which I think is possible). Because Lee Ho Ching is hopeless vs chop and will lose to Han Ying in a...

Yes, I mistyped - I definitely meant Falck/Karlsson and my brain read Falck/Karlsson so I was likely possessed while typing and may require an exorcism at some point...Boll has often said that Germany could contend for medals after Dima came of age - before that, it was really tough when he had...

I don't see it either. That said, with the home crowd, it is always possible for someone to outperform. That said, Japan is going to lose the doubles again for sure and then if Harimoto manages to beat Jang Woojin(who I am fairly sure none of the other Japanese players can beat) and Jeoung...

Yes, Germany is a really strong team. Chinese Taipei played really well, it is unfortunate that their doubles team couldn't deliver the way they hoped it would given their previous WTTC success. But this new team fixture pairing system has made doubles extremely relevant and unfortunately, the...

Lee Sangsu still able to give Ma Long some trouble after all these years with his go for broke style. Was reasonably close to giving Ma Long his first loss at the Olympics.

I really struggle to understand why you wouldn't re-use such an experienced doubles team as Falck/Persson especially in a match where you need your best singles player (Kallberg) to feature often. That said, Persson is a great TT mind and coach, he probably saw stuff in practice that didn't...

I can't see how Japan wins the match barring an injury from Germany. Germany have the more experienced and solid doubles team and I can't see how Niwa will get to play Franziska.

Not sure how Harimoto will get past Kallberg 2.0. I will hopefully learn something today.

Mizutani's level is returning...

The two lefties combo was an automatic L vs Sweden. This gives them far better chances. Even if Mizutsni loses to Falck, he won't lose to any other player using inverted. As long as Harimoto delivers 2 the job is done

Looks like Japan realized Australia is not Sweden and decided to play the only sequence I felt made sense.

Yes, Harimoto made the whole sense of stakes with respect to choing feel meaningless. I get that it helped his match nervousness, but he would cho on *every* single point at the top of his lungs for a while. He has mellowed a bit as he as gotten older but I guess he has also desensitized a lot...

In today's news, the Japanese women beat Chinese Taipei 3-0. Also mentioned in the news today: water is wet.